Something about this NME Cool List feels like one of the worst lists we've ever seen , so we thought it would be fun to make our own version. Of course we realize making "cool lists" is inherently not that cool. Leave your list in the comments if you hate ours. _________ 13 LIZ HARRIS // GROUPER _________ 12 NICO JAAR [...]
Shabazz Palaces play new(ish) song " Bronny on a Breakaway " for the Guardian (thanks James for the heads up).
[directed by Ryan Andrews / via ] __________ previously : mp3: Charli XCX :: Nuclear Seasons
Check the title track from the new Madlib / Freddie Gibbs collab EP, Thuggin' , out today on Stones Throw . According to the label, " the duo's as-of-yet untitled album is planned for release in first quarter 2012 ." Pick it up on vinyl here : Freddie Gibbs + Madlib :: Thuggin
As we mentioned last week , Peaking Lights get re-worked by Maria Minerva, d'Eon , and more on their limited new REMIXES 123 (which comes with the ill patch pictured above), out now on Weird World . Listen to all the remixes over at 936.fm . Peaking Lights - Birds Of Paradise (Maria Minerva's Ooh Aah Eh Edit) Peaking Lights - Hey Sparrow (d'Eon Remix) _________ [...]
[ Grimes plays a song from the undisputed best album of 2012 SO FAR (too soon? too soon.) for yourstru.ly + MTV ] __________ previously : mp3: Grimes :: Oblivion
Presenting the most adorable music video ever, starring 2-year-old Lola Grainger in what is presumably her screen debut. Beautifully shot and edited by director Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost . Keep Shelly in Athens ' version of ABADABAD 's " California Birds " is taken from their new Forest Family 123 EP Our Own Dream , and the song has also been a highlight of Keep Shelly's live set - with Sarah throwing down some stirring lead vocals - on [...]
Listen to all 3 tracks (click " playlist " in the player above) from the new EP from Nicolas Jaar 's latest project (with Dave Harrington ), Darkside . Jaar calls the record " the closest thing to rock & roll I've ever done ," but these cosmic jams sort of recall a more minimalist take on the slower-burning, hypnotic, almost Balearic-tinged '70s grooves of dudes like Studio and A Mountain of One . Recommended. The Darkside EP is out now on Jaar's [...]
jj's kills mixtape gets chopped + screwed by some dude called joel rampage for YOURS0174 . Download it below (the very dope original mixtape is still available here ): "came from heaven just to sing a song for you to the rhythm of my love for you and now it's beatin slow and you know this the end of the road when i sing that slow song for you" [...]
The ladies from our favorite SF band the Sandwitches get down in director Ryan Browne 's delightfully Lynchian new video for " In the Garden ," taken from the band's latest excellent full-length, Mrs. Jones' Cookies . The perfect visual accompaniment for the song's dark, bewitching vibes. The girls also released this charming animated clip for " Benny's Memory Palace ," taken from their new Hardly Art 73 single , The Pearl . Created/directed by Sophia McInerney [...]
Hit up the new Peaking Lights website 936.fm , featuring " a week of music curated by Peaking Lights " leading up to the UK release of album-of-the-year-contender 936 on 11/21 via Weird World . Check the first mix from the band on loop over there , and download a dope new Main Attrakionz remix of 936 highlight " Marshmellow Yellow " - taken from a new remix EP featuring reworks from Adrian Sherwood/On-U Sound, patten and DaM-FunK , out [...]
Footage of 1970's 16mm films ( Use Your Eyes by Hans Halberstadt and Light Is Many Things by Paul and Glenda Fillinger ) compiled by Michael Allen of Project Ion , with music by Preteen Zenith . "It's little children dreaming in God's great outdoors and it's grown-ups who have kept the faith in childhood, seeking inspiration for their work in the things that are all around them." _________ In other news, Breathe [...]
Here's the b-side from Nite Jewel 's new 73 single : On the dusky, melancholy " Sister ," Cole MGN's softly lilting bassline anchors what is probably Ramona Gonzalez's most fragile and emotionally exposed song to date, a direction that she'll hopefully explore further on her forthcoming Secretly Canadian LP , due in 2012. Nite Jewel 's limited (500 copies) She's Always Watching You 73 is out December 6 on yourstru.ly 's Love Letters Ink : Sister by [...]
Here's a haunted, fragile new one from Grouper 's Liz Harris and her Portland homie Ilyas Ahmed , taken from their new collaborative EP, released under the moniker Visitor as "part of Social Music 's year long record and tape club subscription series." Listen to the bleary-eyed opening track below, and sign up for Social Music's Record + Tape Club - which also includes releases from Ty Segall, Jacuzzi Boys + more - here (thanks to David for the heads up). [...]
"The wonderfully simple lo-fi jangle...perfectly captures the naïve freedom and enchantment of youth, from aimless drives along the coast to late nights in diners to innocent prom-night romance..." - A.V. Club We are extremely psyched/honored to announce our latest Forest Family Records release: the limited new double A-side blue vinyl 73 single from one of the most charming bands in existence, Denver's Tennis . The single contains two of Patrick & Alaina's best songs to date: the breezy, infectious physical A-side " Origins " features an expanded palette of instrumentation, and [...]
Download another one from Washed Out 's Amor Fati 123, as @clammyclams re-works the title track: mp3: Washed Out :: Amor Fati (Clams Casino Remix) [via time out london ] _________ previously : Washed Out :: Call It Off
Balam Acab works his magic on one of our favorite tracks from In Heaven - you remember the original - as he laces " Kimmi in a Rice Field " with that sweetly spectral / wide-eyed-wonder vibe that he does so well, and it works beautifully with Andrea Estella 's distinctively dreamy voice: mp3: Twin Sister :: Kimmi in a Rice Field (Balam Acab Remix) __________ [...]
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The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
Watch: Trailer for Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City
Conchord On Composing Music For Muppets
Webcast: The Kills’ 10th anniversary concert
